1970

1970


??-??-70 King Of Vegas Vol. 5 (Very Good Audience Recording)

01-26-70 O.S. Time Stood Still / True Love Travels On A Gravel Road / Opening Night/ Bringing Him Back (Soundboard Recording) (Fantastic Show) (Elvis sings for the 1st time Don’t Cry Daddy, Let It Be Me, True Love Travels On A Gravel Road, Sweet Caroline, Polk Salad Annie, See See Rider, and Kentucky Rain)

01-26-70 O.S. Opening Night - January 1970 (Soundboard Recording) - (for the first time, the complete show)

02-01-70 D.S. Walk A Mile In My Shoes (Soundboard Recording) (Great show, but very short. Only 10 songs were recorded on soundboard)

02-02-70 M.S. Las Vegas (Good Audience Recording)

02-03-70 D.S. Have Some Fun Tonight (Very Good Audience Recording) (Excellent show. Highlights are Walk A Mile In My Shoes / In The Ghetto (medley),and a funny version of Kentucky Rain.)

02-05-70 D.S. Sheik Of The Desert/ Blowing the Roof Off (Very Good Audience Recording)/ Double Dynamite Vol. 3 (CD 1)/ King of Vegas Vol. 2 (Excellent Audience Recording) (This, like almost all from this engaement is a phenomenal show. E is on top from the first till the end of the show!.)

02-05-70 M.S. Double Dynamite Vol 3 (Disc 2) (Very Good Audience Recording)

02-06-70 M.S. C. C. Rider - The Complete Concert (Bad Audience Recording)/ Las Vegas (Complete Show)

02-13-70 M.S. Live In Las Vegas (Bad Audience Recording) (Great show with not the best sound, this is another newly discovered audience recording.)

02-17-70 D.S. I Got A Woman (Good Audience Recording) (Great show. Highlights includes Don`t Cry Daddy, Kentucky Rain, and Long Tall Sally. Elvis also introduces Steve Allen.)

02-20-70 D.S. On Stage In Vegas (Good Audience Recording) (Very good show! Highlights include one line of My Heavenly Father, and one line of Everybody Loves Somebody. C.C.Rider is done in the middle of the show.)

02-20-70 M.S. Las Vegas (Bad Audience Recording) (This show can be seen on the vcd ’69 Vegas Opening.)

02-21-70 D.S. All Night (contains bonus material from the midnight show) (Good Audience Recording) (This show can be seen on the vcd ’69 Vegas Opening. This Audio is taken from a bootleg video source. Just a few songs. An excerpt of When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano is included.)

02-21-70 M.S. Let It Be Me (Excellent Audience Recording)

02-22-70 D.S. Praised In Vegas (Great show. Highlights include Don`t Cry Daddy, Kentucky Rain, and Walk a Mile In My Shoes.)

02-22-70 M.S. King Of Vegas Vol 3 (Good Audience Recording)/ Rock In Black (Excellent show. Highlights are Long Tall Sally, Kentucky Rain, and Walk A Mile In My Shoes.)

02-23-70 D.S. Ruling Vegas (Good Audience Recording)

02-23-70 C.S. Closing Night 70(Soundboard Recording)/ In A Class Of His Own (Soundboard Recording)/ Bringing Him Back Vol. 2 (Elvis Sings True Love.. for the last time, and sits at the piano to play Lawdy Miss Clawdy and Blueberry Hill. Also sings It’s Now or Never for one of the 1st times.)

02-23-70 C.S. Closing Night 1970 (Soundboard Recording)(For the first time ever, this show is available from start to finish, with the best-ever audio source, direct, reel-to-reel transfers to DAT. The sound quality is excellent, given the limitations of early '70s soundboard recordings, and definitely superior to all previous, incomplete releases of this concert.)

02-27-70 A.S. Houston (Good Audience Recording) (Great show. Highlights include One Night, Release Me, and Don`t Cry Daddy.)

02-27-70 E.S. Live In Houston, TX/ Astrodome (Bad Audience Recording) (Highlights of this show include Kentucky Rain, Release Me, and I Can`t Stop Loving You.)

02-28-70 A.S. Houston Astrodome (Good Audience Recording) (Highlights at this show were Long Tall Sally, Walk A Mile In My Shoes, and In The Ghetto.)

02-28-70 E.S. Houston Astrodome (Good Audience Recording) (Excellent show. Highlights were Don`t Cry Daddy, Kentucky Rain, Walk a Mile In My Shoes, and Release Me.

03-01-70 A.S. Elvis At The Dome 1970 (Bad Audience Recording) (For the only time, Elvis sings All verses of I Got A Woman.) / Kentucky Rain (Bad Audience Recording) (Cd ends with several alternate versions of Kentucky Rain.)

03-01-70 E.S. Live In Houston, TX./ Houston Astrodome, Evening Show (Bad Audience Recording) (Elvis uses Blue Suede Shoes for the last time as an opener, and sings Kentucky Rain live for the last time.)

07-24-70 The Brightest Star On Sunset Blvd Vol. 1 & 2 (Soundboard Recording)

08-06-70 Rehersal At The International

08-14-70 D.S. Folsom Prison Blues (2 CD) (Good Audience Recording) (Elvis sings Folsom Prison Blues and I Walk The Line as a medley)

08-14-70 M.S. The Man In White Vol. 3/ You Don't Know Me (Good Audience Recording)/ King of Vegas Vol. 5 (Excellent Audience Recording) (Sings Amen for the 1st time, and You Don’t Know Me and Oh Happy Day for the only time.)

08-18-70 M.S. Along Came Elvis

08-19-70 D.S. Double Dynamite (CD 1) (Good Audience Recording) (Elvis begins the show with Tigerman, and jokes around a lot.)

08-19-70 M.S. Double Dynamite (CD 2) (Good Audience Recording) (Excellent Show! Highlights are I Just Can't Help Believin', You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling, Polk Salad Annie.)

08-20-70 D.S. A Dinner Bell In Vegas (Excellent Audience Recording) / A Dinner Date

With Elvis (Very Good Audience Recording) (Elvis attempts to sing Memphis Tennessee, and

performs a marvelous Bridge over Troubled Water. Several very good bonus tracks are included as well.)

08-20-70 M.S. A Bright Midnight With Elvis (Excellent Audience Recording) / Midnight Inspirations/ Standing Room Only (Excellent Audience Recording) (For the 1st time on stage, E sings More and Sweet Inspiration. He also goes into the crowd during

this show while singing Love Me Tender. He only did this a couple of times, because withi

the next week, all of the death threats and kidnapping threats would start. This excellent

show can be seen almost in it's entirety on the vcd Early Vegas Vol. 1)

08-21-70 D.S. From Vegas To Macon (CD 1) (Excellent Audience Recording)/ Hot

August Night (Excellent Audience Recording) (Elvis sings the only known version of

Holly Holly and includes a slow ending to I Got A Woman that gets the crowd wild.)

08-21-70 M.S. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' (Good Audience Recording) / King Of Vegas vol 4 (Excellent Audience Recording)/ It's Crazy Time Folks...HIT IT! (Very

Good Audience Recording) (Great Show! E sings Blue Suede Shoes/ Whole LottaShakin Goin On for the 1st time as a medley andattempts Crying Time for the 1st time)

08-23-70 M.S. Ferocious In Vegas (Good Audience Recording) (Alledgedly the dinner show, highlights include Ave Maria (one line), I`ve Lost You, I Just Can`t Help Believin`, and Release Me.)

08-24-70 D.S. King of Vegas Vol. 7 (Very Good Audience Recording)/ When The Snow

Is On The Roses (Very Good Audience Recording)

09-01-70 D.S. Las Vegas (Good Audience Recording) (Alledgedly the midnight show, highlights of this show are Folsom Prison Blues (one line), San Antonio Rose (one line), I`ve Lost You, I Just Can`t Help Believin`, and The Wonder Of You.)

09-04-70 D.S. Las Vegas (Good Audience Recording) (Great show. Highlights include I Walk The Line (one line), The Wonder Of You, and One Night.)

09-04-70 M.S. Live In Las Vegas 09-04-70 M.S. The Live Collection Vol. 1 (Excellent Audience Recording) (This is a newly discovered source for this excellent show, making this a must have for collectors!)

09-05-70 M.S. The Midnight Hour (Very Good Audience Recording) (complete show in great quality)

09-05-70 M.S. Live In Las Vegas (incomplete show. Highlights include I Walk The Line ( 2 lines), I Just Can`t Help Believin`.)

09-06-70 D.S. Las Vegas (Bad Audience Recording) (Elvis sings a one-liner of We Three and other highlights include I Walk The Line (1 line), Here In My Lonely Room (1 line), The Wonder Of You, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Suspicious Minds)

09-06-70 M.S. Live In Las Vegas

09-07-70 C.S. Live In Las Vegas/ King Of Vegas Vol 6 (Good Audience Recording) (This is a great show. Highlights include I Walk The Line (1 line), I`ve Lost You, I Just Can`t Help Believin`, and You`ve Lost That Loving Feelin`. After Elvis complains about messup during Hound Dog, he dies laughing uncontrollably when the Memphis Mafia sends a Bassett Hound on stage)

09-09-70 By The Time I Get To Phoenix (Good Audience Recording) (Excellent show. Highlights include By The Time I Get To Phoenix (one line), Sweet Caroline, The Wonder Of You, and Don`t Be Cruel.)

09-10-70 St. Louis '70 (Good Audience Recording) (1st show that Elvis gets to hear himself on stage through a real PA system. At the beginning of the show, Elvis says "Ladies and Gentleman, we’re going to have one heckuva show tonight." Other highlights include I Walk The Line (one line), The Wonder Of You, In the Ghetto, and Funny How Time Slips Away.)

09-11-70 E.S. Detroit (Bad Audience Recording) (Elvis sings one line of Detroit City. Other highlights include I Walk The Line, , I`ve Lost You, Funny How Time Slips Away, and Suspicious MindsThis show can be seen on the vcd Return To Splendour.)

09-12-70 E.S. I Was Just A Baby Then (Miami, FL)(Good Audience Recording)/ Well Hello There...Miami (Good Audience Recording)/Better Than Ever (Very Good Audience Recording) (Much improved sound quality from the last release of this date.) (Excellent show. Highlights include I`ve Lost You, The Wonder Of You, and Funny How Time Slips Away.)

09-13-70 Foolin' In Tampa / Tampa (Good Audience Recording) (Good show. Includes I Walk The Line, In The Ghetto, I`ve Lost You, and Release Me.)

09-14-70 Elvis In Mobile (Good Audience Recording) (Elvis sings I Walk The Line as a one-liner and I’ve Lost You for the last time.)

09-14-70 E.S. When Summer Turns To Autumn (Very Good Audience Recording) (Great show. Highlights include I Walk The Line (one line), The Wonder Of You, In The Ghetto, and Don`t Be Cruel.)

11-10-70 A.S. Oakland, California (Bad Audience Recording)

11-10-70 E.S. Oakland, California (Bad Audience Recording) (Excellent Show. Highlights include the first version of How Great Thou Art, and Tiger Man and Proud Mary.)

11-11-70 Live In Portland/ One Night In Portland/ On The Road Again (Excellent Audience Recording) (One of his best shows ever. Elvis sings great versions of all songs.)

11-12-70 E.S. Tangled Up In Seattle (Very Good Audience Recording)/ The Thrill Goes On (Seattle, WA) (Good Audience Recording) (This is another Fantastic show in really good sound. The only drawback to this cd is the VERY annoying fans that talk through the entire show. I can't wait for another source is discovered for this show.)

11-13-70 Live In San Francisco (Good Audience Recording)

11-14-70 E.S. Forum Of Inglewood (Very Good Audience Recording) (Elvis speaks on Paternity suit, outselling Tom Jones, and has to redo the ending of the show when he gets tangled up in his suit. He also sings Trying To Get To You for the 1st time.)/ Live In Los Angeles (Good Audience Recording) (This is from a different source than other imports of this show. Its better if you don't like the fans talking on the other imports, but the sound for Elvis isn't as clear.)

11-16-70 Go Cat Go (Oklahoma City, OK) (Good Audience Recording) (Very good, solid show to close out the final tour of 1970. E sings a very rare Blue Christmas.)